Lambda Literary Award for Poetry
| Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Poetry | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Literary award |
| Sponsored by | Lambda Literary Foundation |
| Date | Annual |
| Website | www |
The Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Poetry is an annual literary award, presented by the Lambda Literary Foundation to a LGBTQ+ themed book of poetry.
At the first two Lambda Literary Awards in 1989 and 1990, a single award for Poetry was presented, irrespective of gender. Beginning with the 3rd Lambda Literary Awards in 1991, the poetry award was split into two separate awards for Gay Poetry and Lesbian Poetry, which have been presented continuously since then except at the 20th Lambda Literary Awards in 2008, when a merged LGBTQ poetry award was again presented for that year only. In 2016, an award for Transgender Poetry was introduced and has been presented every year since; likewise an award for Bisexual Poetry has been presented since 2019.
In 2024, an award for LGBTQ+ Poetry was again shortlisted, in addition to the 4 newer categories.
Honorees
| Year | Author | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Carl Morse and Joan Larkin (eds.) | Gay & Lesbian Poetry in our Time | Winner | [1] |
| Josephine Balmer (transl.) | Sappho: Poems and Fragments | Finalist | ||
| James Merrill | The Inner Room | |||
| Paul Monette | Love Alone: Eighteen Elegies for Rog | |||
| May Sarton | The Silence Now | |||
| 1990 | Michael Klein | Poets for Life | Winner | [2] |
| Cheryl Clarke | Humid Pitch: Narrative Poetry | Finalist | ||
| Robert Glück | Reader | |||
| Christian McEwen | Naming the Waves | |||
| Adrienne Rich | Time's Power: Poems 1985–1988 | |||
| 1991–2007 | See separate awards for Gay Poetry and Lesbian Poetry | |||
| 2008[a] | Henri Cole | Blackbird and Wolf | Winner | [3] |
| Dawn Lundy Martin | A Gathering of Matter/A Matter of Gathering | Finalist | ||
| Carol Potter | Otherwise Obedient | |||
| Reginald Shepherd | Fata Morgana | |||
| C. Dale Young | The Second Person | |||
| Syd Zolf[b] | Human Resources | |||
| 2009–2015 | See separate awards for Gay Poetry and Lesbian Poetry | |||
| 2016–2018 | See awards for Gay Poetry, Lesbian Poetry and Transgender Poetry | |||
| 2019–2023 | See awards for Gay Poetry, Lesbian Poetry, Transgender Poetry and Bisexual Poetry | |||
| 2024[c] | Quinn Carver Johnson | The Perfect Bastard | Winner | [4] |
| Robin Gow | Lanternfly August | Finalist | [5] | |
| Destiny Hemphill | motherworld: a devotional for the alter-life | |||
| Sam Sax | Pig | |||
| Alina Pleskova | Toska | |||
| 2025 | Eduardo Martínez-Leyva | Cowboy Park | Winner | [6] |
| Jes Battis | I Hate Parties | Finalist | [7] | |
| Zoe Whittall | No Credit River | |||
| Emilia Phillips | Nonbinary Bird of Paradise | |||
| Cass Donish | Your Dazzling Death | |||
| 2026 | jason b. crawford | Yeet! | Winner | [8] |
| Eli Clare | Unfurl: Survivals, Sorrows, and Dreaming | Finalist | [9] | |
| Qurat Dar | Non-Prophet | [10][11] | ||
| heidi andrea restrepo rhodes | Wayward Creatures | [9] | ||
| Stacey Waite | A Real Man Would Have a Gun: Poems | |||
Notes
- ↑ As "Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Poetry"
- ↑ Shortlisted under their deadname
- ↑ In 2024, as well as a combined "Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Poetry", poetry was also shortlisted in the separate categories of Gay Poetry, Lesbian Poetry, Transgender Poetry and Bisexual Poetry.
References
- ↑ "1st Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary Foundation. January 13, 2010. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ↑ "2nd Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary Foundation. July 13, 1990. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ↑ Antonio Gonzalez Cerna (April 30, 2007). "20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary Foundation. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ↑ "2024 Lambda Literary Awards - See the Complete List of Winners". People. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
- ↑ "Announcing the Finalists for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". them. March 27, 2024. Archived from the original on April 5, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ↑ "2025 Lambda Literary Award Winners". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on October 14, 2025. Retrieved October 27, 2025.
- ↑ Lewis, L. D. (July 30, 2025). "Announcing the Finalists for the 37th Annual Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. Archived from the original on August 1, 2025. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
- ↑ Strangman, Alice (June 15, 2026). "2026 Lambda Literary Awards Winners". Locus Online. Retrieved June 16, 2026.
- 1 2 "Announcing the Finalists for the 38th Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. March 18, 2026. Archived from the original on March 20, 2026. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
- ↑ Strangman, Alice (March 18, 2026). "2026 Lambda Literary Awards Finalists". Locus Online. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
- ↑ Drudi, Cassandra (March 24, 2026). "Canadians among 2026 Lambda Literary Award finalists". Quill and Quire. Retrieved March 26, 2026.